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Table 5 Difficulties physicians had experienced during approach

From: Attitudes to and management of fertility among primary health care physicians in Turkey: An epidemiological study

 

n = 307(100%)*

Inadequate supply of logistics (lack of device-equipment-staff)

108(35.2)

Patient's lack of harmony (psychological problems, illogical behaviour, couples not attending together, low cultural level of couples, couples remained unconvinced)

99(32.2)

Management mistakes/errors (the absence of communication between primary health care and hospitals, the absence of a comfortable atmosphere in which patients with infertility can speak)

72(23.5)

Physician's lack of education/knowledge-physician's lack of post-graduate education

71(23.1)

Patients' not having health insurance, money problems of patients

27 (8.8)

Lack of belief and confidence in the primary health care physician

17 (5.5)

  1. *Since more than one reason is proposed, the proportion exceeds 100%.